Aron Ralston, the hiker who survived by severing his own arm after being trapped by a boulder, is expected to appear in a Denver courtroom Monday to face domestic violence charges.

Ralston and his girlfriend, both 38, were taken into custody in Denver early Sunday morning following a fight; it is alleged that mutual blows were exchanged. The couples' 8-week-old daughter was present at the time, according to local TV station KDVR.com

Ralston made international headlines in 2003 after he was hiking alone in a Utah canyon and a boulder rolled onto him, trapping his right arm. What Ralston did next came to symbolize the human will to survive: He used a multitool knife to severed his own forearm to free himself.

Ralston later wrote a book and became a motivational speaker. His story was dramatized for the big screen in 2010's "127 Hours," starring James Franco. The documentary-style film would go on to earn six Oscar nominations, including for best picture and lead actor for Franco.

The movie takes its title from the amount of time that Ralston was trapped before he managed to free himself and fashion a crude tourniquet from a carabiner and a drinking tube and stumble out of the desert canyon in search of help.

A diaper-wearing 2-year-old skateboarder from Australia is an Internet sensation after video emerged of him racing up and down streets, hopping over curbs and even flying down steps (although he had an adult assisting with that one.)

NEWINGTON – Mickey Gurzenda is accustomed to pitching in relief. Over the past three seasons that Southington South has played together, manager Chris LaPorte said, Gurzenda has pitched in a starting role once.

Vice President Joe Biden's associates have resumed discussions about a 2016 presidential run after largely shelving such deliberations while his son was sick and dying earlier this year. But Biden has yet to tell his staff whether he will run or personally ask them to do any planning for a potential...